Arlington, Texas – The
Texas Rangers announced this evening that the club will not tender
contract offers for the 2013 season to the following three players:
catcher Geovany Soto, infielder/outfielder Brandon
Snyder, and right-handed pitcher Jake Brigham. The team has tendered
2013 contract offers to the other 26 unsigned players on the major
league roster before tonight's 11:00 p.m. CST deadline.
Soto, 29, combined to
hit .198 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 97 games for Chicago-NL and
Texas in 2012. He was acquired by the Rangers in a July 31 trade with the Cubs.
Snyder, 26, spent five
of the season's six months in 2012 on the Rangers roster, batting .277
with 3 homers and 9 RBI in 40 games. He was acquired from Baltimore in a
January 3, 2012 trade.
Brigham, 24, was re-acquired from Chicago-NL in a November 20 trade. The Rangers had sent Brigham to the Cubs in the July 31 trade involving Geovany Soto. He combined to go 5-7 with a 4.72 ERA (67 ER/127.2 IP)
in 23 games/starts last season for Frisco (AA) and Tennessee (AA) and was placed on the disabled list on August 9 for the remainder of the season with a right elbow strain.
With these transactions,
the Rangers now have 36 players on the club's 40-man roster. The team's
current major league roster is attached.
